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SomeDarkHollow |
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June 24, 2011 11:08:44am |
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Non-Dead (not the band, anyway): Why can't we just call it what it is? |
From an article regarding the recent passing of Ryan Dunn:
"Ryan Dunn and a passenger in his car died of "blunt and thermal trauma" when the 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 crashed and caught fire on a Pennsylvania highway early Monday, according to the autopsy report released Tuesday."
Thermal trauma? Very creative. I guess "burned to death" is a little to graphic for today's politically correct media. If Jerry died now he'd get a headline like "60's Rock Icon Suffers Post-Chemical Saturation Induced Rigor Mortis".
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Mandojammer |
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June 24, 2011 12:19:11pm |
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Re: Non-Dead (not the band, anyway): Why can't we just call it what it is? |
And here I was thinking Dunn died because his heart stopped beating??????????
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SomeDarkHollow |
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June 24, 2011 12:24:43pm |
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Re: Non-Dead (not the band, anyway): Why can't we just call it what it is? |
Suppose that fits 'em all.
Most obits could start off with a standardized template:
"John Q. Public passed away suddenly yesteday from heart failure. The heart failure occurred soon after he was impaled by a javelin at a track meet"
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AltheaRose |
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June 24, 2011 06:52:38pm |
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Re: Non-Dead (not the band, anyway): Why can't we just call it what it is? |
Here's a Dumb Moment in Journalism I've seen quoted in textbooks. A plane crashed in Alaska, killing all aboard. At the press conference, a reporter asked: "What did they die of?" The answer: "The plane stopped and they didn't."
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 NoiseCollector |
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June 24, 2011 01:12:00pm |
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Re: Non-Dead (not the band, anyway): Why can't we just call it what it is? |
RACIST!
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SomeDarkHollow |
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June 24, 2011 01:28:02pm |
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Re: Non-Dead (not the band, anyway): Why can't we just call it what it is? |
Hey, no one mentioned Richard Pryor's "thermal trauma"
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NoiseCollector |
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June 24, 2011 01:31:01pm |
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Re: Non-Dead (not the band, anyway): Why can't we just call it what it is? |
HOMOPHOBE!
(and if you reply here are more one liners the pc police use to discredit anyone who disagrees)
ISLAMOPHOBE!
ANTISEMITE!
CHAUVINIST!
MISANTHROPIST!
ZIONST!
IMPERIALIST!
LADY GAGAIST!
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wisconsindead |
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June 24, 2011 02:37:52pm |
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???
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DeadRed1971 |
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June 24, 2011 02:45:50pm |
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Re: Non-Dead (not the band, anyway): Why can't we just call it what it is? |
Peter Falk died yesterday.
How would you grade his acting? Would you give Falk an "A".
Wocka wocka wocka!
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